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conferred or imposed upon it, from time to time, by ordinance of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(k) The Commission may be empowered, with the prior approval
of the Board of Estimates, to establish fees, rentals or charges for
the use or occupancy of the Civic Center, or any part thereof, and
collect such fees, rentals or charges and all such collections shall be
turned over to the Treasurer of Baltimore City.

(1) All contracts or agreements entered into by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore for or in connection with the construction,
maintenance or repair of the Civic Center and its facilities shall be
subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 37 and 38 of the
Charter of Baltimore City (1949 Edition) as they now exist or as
they hereafter may be amended.

(m) No officer, official or employee of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, or of any agency of the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore which is vested with any power or authority to be exercised
under the provisions of this Act, shall become financially interested
in any way in any land or property which may be acquired for or in
connection with the Civic Center.

(n) The Commission shall exercise all powers and authority con-
ferred upon it in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as it is now constituted or
as it may hereafter be amended.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, (a) That no part of the proceeds
of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be is-
sued shall be expended until after the Commission has submitted its
written recommendation, which shall set forth the purposes for, and
the terms and conditions upon, which each particular sum of money is
to be expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore and such recommendation has been approved by
said Board of Estimates.

(b)  In addition, no part of the proceeds of sale of the certificates
of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended for
actually constructing, erecting or equipping any building, structure
or facility for or in connection with the Civic Center (as distinguished
from funds which are necessary to be expended in connection with
obtaining options for the acquisition of land or property, or planning
or preparing plans and specifications, or the employment of engineers,
architects, an Executive Director, assistants, aides and employees
of the Commission, or other matters or things which are usually and
generally preliminary to the commencement of actual construction
work) until after the proposed site for the Civic Center and the
plans and specifications for any building, structure or facility to be
constructed, erected or equipped for or in connection with the Civic
Center has been submitted by the Commission to the Board of
Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and approved
by said Board.

(c)  Any contract entered into by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore in connection with any of the matters or things provided
for or contemplated by the provisions of this Act, after it has been
executed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the
Mayor of Baltimore City and the corporate seal of the municipality
affixed thereto, duly attested by the Treasurer of the municipality,